Could creating your character be likened to
an artist creating a sculpture? In my opinion, I believe
that character is not something that just happens by itself,
any more than a chisel can create a work of art without the
hand of an artist guiding it. In both instances, a conscious
decision for a specific outcome has been made. A conscious
process is at work. Character is the result of hundreds and
hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you
are, at any given moment, into who you want to be. If that
decision-making process is not present,you will still be
somebody. You will still be alive, but may have a
personality rather than a character.

Character
is not something you were born with and cannot change like
your fingerprint. In fact, because you were not born with
it, it is something that you must take responsibility for
creating. I donot believe that adversity by itself builds
character and I certainly donot think that success erodes
it. Character is built by how you respond to what happens in
your life. Whether its winning every game or losing every
game. Getting rich or dealing with hard times. You build
character out of certain qualities that you must create and
diligently nurture within yourself. Just like you would
plant and water a seed or gather wood and build a campfire.
You have got to look for those things in your heart and in
your gut. You have got to chisel away in order to find them.
Just like chiselling away the rock in order to create the
sculpture that has previously existed only in your
imagination.

But do you want to know the really
amazing thing about character? If you are sincerely
committed to making yourself into the person you want to be,
you will not onlycreate those qualities, but you will
continually strengthen them. And you will recreate them in
abundance even as you are drawing on them every day of your
life. Just like he burning bush in the biblical book of
Exodus, the bushburned but the flames did not consume it.
Character sustains itself and nurtures itself even as it is
being put to work, tested, and challenged. And once
character is formed, it will serve as a solid, lasting
foundation upon which to build the life you desire.

Jim Rohn

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Rohn,America

Foremost
Business Philosopher

www.jimrohn.com

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Creating Your Character is Like an Artist Creating a
Sculpture

Could creating your
character be likened to an artist creating a sculpture? In my opinion, I believe that character is
not something that just happens by itself, any more than a chisel can create a work of art without
the hand of an artist guiding it. In both instances, a conscious decision for a specific outcome has
been made. A conscious process is at work. Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of
choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be. If
that decision-making process is not present,you will still be somebody. You will still be alive, but
may have a personality rather than a character.

Character is not something you were born
with and cannot change like your fingerprint. In fact, because you were not born with it, it is
something that you must take responsibility for creating. I donot believe that adversity by itself
builds character and I certainly donot think that success erodes it. Character is built by how you
respond to what happens in your life. Whether its winning every game or losing every game. Getting
rich or dealing with hard times. You build character out of certain qualities that you must create
and diligently nurture within yourself. Just like you would plant and water a seed or gather wood
and build a campfire. You have got to look for those things in your heart and in your gut. You have
got to chisel away in order to find them. Just like chiselling away the rock in order to create the
sculpture that has previously existed only in your imagination.

But do you
want to know the really amazing thing about character? If you are sincerely committed to making
yourself into the person you want to be, you will not onlycreate those qualities, but you will
continually strengthen them. And you will recreate them in abundance even as you are drawing on them
every day of your life. Just like he burning bush in the biblical book of Exodus, the bushburned but
the flames did not consume it. Character sustains itself and nurtures itself even as it is being put
to work, tested, and challenged. And once character is formed, it will serve as a solid, lasting
foundation upon which to build the life you desire.